KG's Hideaway

3-1-06 12:00pm

Today is my parents' 44th wedding anniversary. I haven't talked to them since around the first part of September except the three times I've run into my dad at the local gas station around the corner from both of our houses. He's always said hello, but he and I both know he'd never have done it if my mother would have been standing there. Not that he's afraid of her or anything... I can't explain it the way he means it, but somehow when he has explained it before, it makes sense, no matter how much it hurts or how angry it makes me. Oh well, happy anniversary.

I got off the phone with Craig just a minute ago and he's talking about getting me a ticket to go see DeMarcus jump in the National Indoor Track and Field meet. I don't think he knows what that would mean to me. Not for me, though God knows I miss him so much, but because DeMarcus won't have any other family there. My heart hurts for him so much but it only reminds me of what an amazing person he is.

I try to send him a package every couple of weeks and I always put money in it for him. He used to try and send it back until I told him that it would hurt my feelings if he did. Well, of course it wouldn't hurt my feelings but how else to you explain to someone that you WANT them to have it? It's not alot of money; it amounts to no more than a tank of gas a week in my truck, but that's not the point. As a college athlete he doesn't have the time to work. His family can't really help much, and it really does make me feel better to give something back. When I was going through my divorce, I had to ask for help one year at Christmas. It amounted to only about $100, but I made a promise to God that if I could get the help I needed that year I would repay it when the chance arose. I'm not sure that this is where I'm suppose to repay it... that may still be in my future... but this is still a place I WANT to start.

The links I posted in my previous post were a complete mess so I thought I'd just post his pic here instead of making you click both links. But you can still go HERE to see the article about all the stuff he won (and the other athletes from ORU).